Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-29

pageant at Philadelphia marks an i'm
portant milestone in our country's his
tory and progress, that will only be less
memorable in the annals Of the repub-
lie than the celebration of the centen-
NAL of the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. AS educators of the people such
events are as worthy of consideration
as in the light of the patriotic senti-
ments that hallow thenh for, during
several weeks past those who are famil-
lar with the circulating literature of
our public Libraries have observed the
great and growing demand for works
upon both the history and the constitu-
tion of the United States.
There was an occurrence in the treas
ury few days ago that Illustrated the
practical working and benefit of true
civil service reform-the discovery by
paying-teller Gibson of fraudulent
check that had been raised from So to
S2,450, which had passed unchallenged
through the hands of several banks
having been issued two years ago. If
this trained expert had been turned
ont for political reasons, the probabili-
ty is that the United States treasurer
would be out over $4,000.
The senate select committee, whose
duty it is to investigate the methods of
conducting the departmental business
of the government, has received the
desired information, together with
much other useful and interesting mat
ter, from the interior and postoflice de-
partments. The report shows that
there are little over 5000 employees of
the former department. of which num-
Der the secretary appoints 3,lS9, the re-
mainder being presidential appolntees;
that 81, 100 persons are employed in the
postal service, divided as follows: 600
are employed in the postoffice depart
ment proper, rs are postmasters Of the
first class, 400 of the second class, 1854
of the third class, and 52,415 Of the
fourth class; the railway mail clerks
number 4,744; the inland mail routes
27,264-covering 37O,s54 miles. The
former report makes 400 pages of close
ly printed matter in octave form-the
latter 4l2 pages, and both volumes will
be very valuable as books Of reference
1t is thought that Secretary Bayard
desires an eastern man to fill the va
cancy in the Office of his first assistant,
and among those prominently discussed
for the position is the Hon. Perry Bel
mont, the young congressman from
New York, who was chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs in the lust
congress; but hardly think it probable
that, great as is the Empire state, it is
entitled to third place-in the cabinet
l had almost said, thongh it is nearly
as important as that.
The project to connect the capital
with the tomb of Washington by means
of great roadway, to be called Mt
Vernon Avenue, is assuming definite
shape-a public meeting having taken
all the necessary preliminary steps to
put the patriotic enterprise on sue.
cessful footing, and it is quite probable
that the work will be ultimately pushed
to completion, as it has excited wide.
spread interest that will materialize in
substantial manner.
There died in this city last week, at
the age of Is years, the last grand
daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Mrs
Septima Randolph Meikleham. a lady
who bore remarkable personal re-
semblance to her honored relative, and
whose mind was stored with many in,
teresting "reminiscences Of the great
sage, and patriot, as he rocked her on
his knee at beautiful Monticello early
in the present century, and later, when
as young lady she became the states
mans favorite grand-child. Mrs. Meik.
leham leaves three children, one OF
whom-Miss Alice--is a clerk in the
patent Office. A few years since an at
tempt was made in congress to pension
this venerable lady, but it failed.
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